In the basis of the universal commodity — a set of activities covering several fields of activity. This and economic planning, and organization of transportation, and merchandising, and peer evaluation. Cooperating with specialized organizations, merchandise, usually focuses on a particular area. For example, if it's retail, it first raises the merchandise, if it is work in warehouses, organizational component, if the society for the protection of the rights of consumers, and legal expert. Today the specialists of this profession is very in demand at the labor exchange. Merchandise is not just the man responsible for "everything in its place" , today, such a specialist might know even how to order the service - rent a server. This is caused by the fact that the markets are nowadays filled with a variety of goods, and to distinguish "good" from "bad" conventional firm-seller, who is fighting for buyers, most are not. Then come to the aid merchandisers who know about the preferences of all buyers, know the ins and outs of the market, its specifics. Other merchandise is better versed in the quality of goods. He quickly distinguish genuine products from fakes. Or, for example, a single attentive glance will suffice to disqualify the footwear made from different pieces of leather. However, very often defects cannot be determined by eye , but it does not matter. The Manager feels confident in any laboratory that knows hundreds of guests, can tell the brand, to discover, to check how safe the products are. And for this we must be both chemist and physicist, and a microbiologist. But this is not enough to know the products. Every expert in this business must study the market, know your customer needs to understand in the modern fashion, to be able to organize the trade, to negotiate, to know the basics of marketing, aesthetics, sociology, psychology and many other things. With this knowledge, a good Manager always knows what to offer customers, and how to work with suppliers. Difficult? Of course. But how interesting! Moreover, such knowledge would be useful to each of us in everyday life.